NLRB Chief: Democrats ‘Improperly’ Meddling in McDonald’s Case (1)

The head of the federal labor board accused Democratic members of Congress Aug. 21 of “improperly” trying to influence the outcome of an ongoing case against McDonald’s.

Democratic staffers with the Senate’s labor committee reached out to the National Labor Relations Board’s inspector general about a pending request for Chairman John Ring (R) and Member William Emanuel (R) to sit out the case because of alleged conflicts of interest, Ring said in a letter obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The chairman accused Democrats on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee of trying to “politicize” the board’s recusal process by involving ...